Mike Yost

For Mike, there’s no such thing as being too loud. He loves to interview clangorous activists and advocates, drafting articles that amplify important issues within the community. His fondness for vociferation comes from serving in silence under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. His first novel, Remnants of Light, is based on those experiences: Remnants of Light.

Okay. The title should probably read, F*ck More, but I’m single. And I’ve wasted too much time on apps like Grindr being inundated with photoshopped dick pics or messaged by bots. And there’s the horror...

We all need to escape the city, if only to forget about those mornings when the interstate turns into a parking lot, complete with a thick blanket of noxious smog holding in all that smoldering heat and road...

Depression can be a fickle fiend. There are days when I’m just lollygagging my way through the week: Drafting my next article. Driving to the grocery store to pick up some cat food. Getting a haircut....

Ever since I was 22 and smoked pot for the first time on a secluded California beach at night — during a full moon — marijuana has significantly enhanced my quality of life. From hanging out with friends...

I was out one night with friends smoking a cigarette between beers, and I remember standing on the sidewalk, almost shaking in the cold while we talked about relationships and that general feeling of loneliness...

Turns out mice can get depressed. Like, really depressed. So much so that in 2014, scientists at the Stockholm Karolinska Institutet observed mice that were so despondent, they didn’t even bother trying...

A few months ago I was at a house party, and I struck up a conversation with a friend of a friend. Standing in a crowded kitchen sipping beer, we chattered on about typical topics such as hobbies and what...

I close my eyes and wrap my hands around a set of headphones secured tightly around my head. I listen to the singing of birds and the relaxing rush of a mountain stream, visualizing the running water...